Saturday Morning Podcast Options

7:19 AM.It's been another year of conflict in the Middle East, Al Jazeera Senior International Correspondent Resul Serdar Atash explains what's happened. Read more Audio

7:10 AM.International assistance is making a real difference in Vanuatu, but World Vision Vanuatu director Clement Chipokolo says the situation is still grave. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.One of New Zealand's most prominent entertainers, Mark Hadlow is bringing back one of New Zealand best-loved theatre productions MAMiL (Middle Aged Men in Lycra).  Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Alicia Mendez is the head chef of Everybody Eats Wellington, a pay-as-you-can community restaurant on a mission to feed bellies not bins. Read more Video, Audio

10:27 AM.Award-winning Australian singer-songwriter C.W. Stoneking is coming to New Zealand next month for a string of shows, including headlining the Auckland Folk Festival. Critics have called him the… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Pulitzer prize winning photo journalist Nick Ut is best known for his iconic image 'The Terror of War' (also known as the 'Napalm Girl') of children running from a napalm attack. The image is widely… Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

9:35 AM.This week GNS released a high resolution update to the national Active Faults Database, detailing where the active faults are across the motu.  Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Andrew Child is the younger sibling of best-selling British thriller writer Lee Child, and is taking over writing duties from his brother, after their latest, and last Jack Reacher book together In… Read more Audio

8:35 AM.Kirsty Gunn, award-winning writer and professor in creative writing on her new collection of thirteen dark short stories. Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Kiwi comedian Rhys Darby brings his unique brand of comedy home for his new tour on AI and robot tech. Read more Audio

7:52 AM.The government's ban on greyhound racing this week raises doubts thousands of dogs can be rehomed in time. Read more Audio

7:48 AM.Banks have been warned this week that "competition is king" as the government moves to improve the sector. Read more Audio

7:40 AM.Every year, billions of vehicles shed an estimated six million tonnes of tyre particles, polluting our soils, rivers and lakes. Read more Audio

7:32 AM.The axing of humanities and social sciences from the government's Marsden Fund, has continued to draw a furious response from many researchers with 80 scientists this week signing an open letter in… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.A nationwide charity, Stand Tū Māia, now has an axe hanging over its funding from Oranga Tamariki. It says Oranga Tamariki tried to cancel the $63m contract it had, to deliver services to vulnerable… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.Half-century of dynastic authoritarian rule came to a shockingly abrupt end in Syria this week with the overthrow of Bashar al Assad. Read more Audio

7:08 AM.The residents of Coromandel are reeling after a fatal shooting on the 309 road yesterday. Read more Audio

11:45 AM.From the vastness of ice to the raw power of swells taller than buildings, Antarctica is a landscape that is deadly as it is beautiful. In recognition of the centenary of Sir Ernest Shackleton's final… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:25 AM.Maxine Scheckter is the creative force behind Sugar Flour, a small patisserie school in Wellington. Her classes take the most beautiful recipes and simplify the steps for any home baker to try their… Read more Video, Audio

11:10 AM.This year many traditionally stable jobs and industries have born the brunt of challenging economic times. According to the World Economic Forum, 69 million jobs will be created in the next four… Read more Video, Audio

10:35 AM.Brannavan Gnanalingam is one of the first South Asian writers to be published in New Zealand. His eighth novel, a political satire is The Life and Opinions of Kartik Popat. Think Veep, or Yes Minister… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Writer, journalist, historian, and author Stan Grant, a Wiradjuri first nations Australian talks about his new book Murriyang Song of Time. Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Learn about bloodsuckers from legends to leeches and donate some too at Auckland Museum next weekend.

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9:30 AM.Essayist, poet and now novelist Michelle Rahurahu's first novel Poorhara has been praised by critics as "possibly the best Aoteraroa novel of the year."  Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Award-winning story-teller, poet and all-round national treasure Owen Marshall's latest collection of short stories, New Stories is about sliding doors moments. Read more Audio